Collection: Nervous system of annelid and mollusk larvae

Species: Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)    Bivalvia

Description:  5HT antibody marks neurons of the apical organ, FMRF-amid antibody - peripheral pioneer neurons, α-tubulin antibody - surface cilia.

Comments: 3D reconstruction of the apical organ.

Organs: larval nervous system

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - serotonin,
Immunohistochemistry - FMRFamide,
Immunohistochemistry - acetylated alpha-tubulin

Publications: Yurchenko O.V., Skiteva O., Voronezhskaya E. E., Dyachuk V.A. 2017. Nervous system development in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas: comparative analysis of early neurogenesis in marine bivalves // Journal of Comparative Neurology. In press.

Microscope: Leica TCS SP8